Hi Rob,
Let me give this circle a go.
Draw a circle on a piece of paper, name the circle eternity.
At 9:00 put a mark and name it beginning of time as we know it.
At 9:05 put another mark and name it the end of time as we know it.
Time is just a little space in eternity that man exists in.
Time is controled by day and night.
Before time as we know it there was only day.
After time as we know it there will be only day.
As far as God is concerned the entire circle all of eternity is just one great big now.
I hope I didn't muddy the water too much.
"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."